Perhaps the most adaptable and gifted virtuso guitarist ever. The thing I've always thought. He could ( and still can) play anything on - anything. And he had his own unique virtuoso style.
Yes 100%. But also he is a very good, melodic composer of music. His guitar solos are very structured even when improvising, it's not just you usual trills, twiddles and screeches that end abruptly, hitting the buffers and go nowhere forcing a complete restart. Steve takes you in and then takes you out again completely organically. Don't know anyone else that does that in the way he does.
@@crystal-ice555Well said, Steve is one of a kind. I have never heard anyone as tasteful as him with note placement and note choices. His overall structure of rhythm and background is just as amazing as his leads overtop. Then there is his whole single guitar playing of Travis picking and alternate picking.
I saw him one time with yes. he picked a new guitar for a new song and it was not perfectly tuned. he tuned it by ear and gave a nasty look at his guitar tech. so he is a perfectionist and he does everything to be perfect. his gear , technique, style must be immaculate. funny thing is that the tech probably used a tuner but Steve's ears are better than digital tuners. :)
Steve decided to play guitar like nobody else. He practiced really hard and did it. Nobody plays like him. He can play in so many different styles, still, he is unique and recognizable.
It was a Drizzly Friday Night on Jon’s Birthday around 2003 (?) at Chastain Park Amphitheater in Buckhead, Ga. during intermission I was walking around talking to people when I met a gentleman who told me that he was a session guitarist out of Nashville, Tn. Clearly he looked it, he was dressed to the nines, with perfectly manicured nail & a backstage pass that said “Special Guest of Rick Wakeman”, he told me Steve was having an off night & I said that couldn’t hear it & he told me in a very nice way that I had to realize that on Steve’s off night he was still better than 99.9% of all the guitarist in the world, his words not mine!!! Btw it’s was either the 3rd or 4th time I had seen YES that year, once in Murfreesboro, Tn. & 2 or 3 more times in Atlanta, Ga., GOD it was such a Wonderful Time to be a YES FAN!! Each show was freaking amazing, even that last show on October 25th when Steve was having an off night, lol. Thank-you GOD for YES clearly one of your top creations!!! RIP Peter Banks, Chris Squire, & Alan White………….
I have *_many_* 'favourite' guitarists - I've been blessed with an appreciation of great guitarists in many genres. And Steve is definitely one. But when it comes to what I call 'guitar composition' and versatility, one stands out - Mr Howe is at the very top of the tree....
we grow up... and as we grow up certain music and certain musicians become our mantra, they merge with us.... accompany us all the way.... That's what happens to me with Steve and his music... it's been with me since I was 11 years old.... every melody and every song takes me to moments in which I believed that everything was possible, every dream, every illusion.
Es mejor que Hendrix pues lo superó hace mucho ya que murió a los 27 ,pero Howe siguió evolucionando su arte y llegó a niveles inimaginables de exquisitez y virtuosismo .
How do you judge ability? Does it include creativity and mastery of expression to convey what you desire to? The way Steve Howe selects his guitars, tones and nuances suggest he is a brilliantly accomplished technician as well as a masterful musician. His choices of contribution and expression to the overall work are invariably unique and never wrong imo. How many can claim that? Seeing his live performances from the 70,s he puts in a lot of work and energy to extract the end product. Maybe the other articles are basing their views on other criteria and I guess they live in a different world. And this is also true, most Yes fans love Steve Howe. Who cares what the snipers think.
Unbelievable my hero best guitarist ever and I can play this man a beauty ... Thanks for being in my life Steve your skill and composition has been a part of me all my time .
not by fans or media, but he won Guitar Player Magazine "Best Guitarist" Award, 5 years in a row, "77-"81, and Im not sure if any other guitarist ever did that ;- )
@@captainsouth4460 No - but in the conversations these days - ie *_now_* (yes, note the use of the present tense...) - he's not often mentioned. I wish people wouldn't get so triggered by the use of 'underrated' - it's not saying about how *_you_* rate someone but how the listening public do
I think our likes get frozen in time because they become part of us. We tend to averse to changes. Same happened to me with Pink Floyd after the release of Dark Side of the Moon back in 73. Was a big Gilmour fan. But that was when I found Yes. With Steve, it's an age thing, you no longer need to prove yourself or seek thumbs up. Also, he has to work with others who have other ideas and aspirations. Steve just plays what he likes and still has fun doing it. I have no problem with that. Even so I also have no desire to listen to new Yes.
Multiestilo único. Rara especie de guitarrista, no es el mejor en todo, pero lo toca todo. La prueba clara es en Yes donde otro grande Trevor Rabin, más metalero le disputó o intentó hacerlo. Cuando Rabin interpreta piezas de Howe, no consigue su precisión y timbre, sin embargo, cuando Howe toca piezas de Rabin, lo hace igual o mejor. Admirable profesional.
You are just me And my brother ..i mean Steve , you r. My brother...im russ and my bro is dave ... You make our family together... But ...not ...your music. That i love , is more yhan brothers
I pretty much doubt it. with such arrogance, I can't imagine you are anywhere near this level. it requires humbleness and honest dedication... and a talent of 1 in a 10 million.
Virtuoso? Yes. But his improvisation when playing Yes’s classic pieces often disappointed audiences. It seems sometimes he couldn’t help himself. Perhaps due to repetitive boredom.
I think the fire and raw youthful passion for a widow delivery went away. But it was replaced with refinement and highlighting the basic musical content in a way in which long time Yes fans didn't expect, meaning high expectations often lead to disappointment. I think he just wants to enjoy playing rather than impress. If you look at Yes Union concert, he sat back a bit and didn't try to overpower Trevor Rabin and gave him his space. All is a credit tio Steve, a truly evolved soul, as are all the quintessential Yes members.
I think the reality of the situation on the Onion tour Is that it was disastrous for Steve, per his Autobiography. Just look at any of the live footage and you can see how uncomfortable it was for Steve. Sharing the stage with a shredder, Someone who seemed possessed To try to show off on all of the yes classic's. I had no problem with a 90125 stuff, it's good, and it's Rabin. @@crystal-ice555
Yes music is very structured. But played live, it leaves much space for improvising. Sometimes Steve seems to fight against his guitar to find his way (Yours is no Disgrace). Sometimes he's beyond the sky (Yours is no Disgrace again). Anyway, to me he's a genius.
More than 50 years of listening.. . One can never get tired..... All my admiration
Steve has earned that spot of historic respect, he truly did raise the bar for rock guitar.
Perhaps the most adaptable and gifted virtuso guitarist ever. The thing I've always thought. He could ( and still can) play anything on - anything. And he had his own unique virtuoso style.
Yes 100%. But also he is a very good, melodic composer of music. His guitar solos are very structured even when improvising, it's not just you usual trills, twiddles and screeches that end abruptly, hitting the buffers and go nowhere forcing a complete restart. Steve takes you in and then takes you out again completely organically. Don't know anyone else that does that in the way he does.
@@crystal-ice555Well said, Steve is one of a kind. I have never heard anyone as tasteful as him with note placement and note choices. His overall structure of rhythm and background is just as amazing as his leads overtop. Then there is his whole single guitar playing of Travis picking and alternate picking.
Steve Howe! The Greatest! ’Nuff said!
Just enjoy the truly unique never-to-be replaced Steve while we've got him and accept him for what and who he is.
I saw him one time with yes. he picked a new guitar for a new song and it was not perfectly tuned. he tuned it by ear and gave a nasty look at his guitar tech. so he is a perfectionist and he does everything to be perfect. his gear , technique, style must be immaculate. funny thing is that the tech probably used a tuner but Steve's ears are better than digital tuners. :)
Steve decided to play guitar like nobody else. He practiced really hard and did it. Nobody plays like him. He can play in so many different styles, still, he is unique and recognizable.
It was a Drizzly Friday Night on Jon’s Birthday around 2003 (?) at Chastain Park Amphitheater in Buckhead, Ga. during intermission I was walking around talking to people when I met a gentleman who told me that he was a session guitarist out of Nashville, Tn. Clearly he looked it, he was dressed to the nines, with perfectly manicured nail & a backstage pass that said “Special Guest of Rick Wakeman”, he told me Steve was having an off night & I said that couldn’t hear it & he told me in a very nice way that I had to realize that on Steve’s off night he was still better than 99.9% of all the guitarist in the world, his words not mine!!! Btw it’s was either the 3rd or 4th time I had seen YES that year, once in Murfreesboro, Tn. & 2 or 3 more times in Atlanta, Ga., GOD it was such a Wonderful Time to be a YES FAN!! Each show was freaking amazing, even that last show on October 25th when Steve was having an off night, lol. Thank-you GOD for YES clearly one of your top creations!!! RIP Peter Banks, Chris Squire, & Alan White………….
truly my personal favorite guitarists because I grew up listening to Yes and he was and still is most amazing
I have *_many_* 'favourite' guitarists - I've been blessed with an appreciation of great guitarists in many genres. And Steve is definitely one. But when it comes to what I call 'guitar composition' and versatility, one stands out - Mr Howe is at the very top of the tree....
we grow up... and as we grow up certain music and certain musicians become our mantra, they merge with us.... accompany us all the way.... That's what happens to me with Steve and his music... it's been with me since I was 11 years old.... every melody and every song takes me to moments in which I believed that everything was possible, every dream, every illusion.
Steve is the most under rated guitar player ever. He should be up there with Beck, Clapton, Hendrix, ect...
He might be even on top of the guys you mentioned
Es mejor que Hendrix pues lo superó hace mucho ya que murió a los 27 ,pero Howe siguió evolucionando su arte y llegó a niveles inimaginables de exquisitez y virtuosismo .
Wasn't he voted best guitar player of the year in guitar player magazine multiple times?
Above them...
Steve Howe is far beyond them.
I sometimes see articles that rate his playing ability lower than other prog guitarists, but he is definitely a master guitar player.
How do you judge ability? Does it include creativity and mastery of expression to convey what you desire to? The way Steve Howe selects his guitars, tones and nuances suggest he is a brilliantly accomplished technician as well as a masterful musician. His choices of contribution and expression to the overall work are invariably unique and never wrong imo. How many can claim that? Seeing his live performances from the 70,s he puts in a lot of work and energy to extract the end product. Maybe the other articles are basing their views on other criteria and I guess they live in a different world. And this is also true, most Yes fans love Steve Howe. Who cares what the snipers think.
There is no other prog guitarist anywhere near Howes level or at least his level in the 70s. Jan Akkerman is the only one that is as good.
@@uv77mc85 Could
@@uv77mc85 Could be. But Steve has that universal something else factor.
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Jan Ackerman and Robert Fripp have precise and freaky guitar playing. Steve plays with more humanity.
Watching Moraz and Howe collaborate one wishes there was more of it
Unbelievable my hero best guitarist ever and I can play this man a beauty ... Thanks for being in my life Steve your skill and composition has been a part of me all my time .
The reason I started playing guitar.
Steve Howe; un des meilleurs guitaristes toutes catégories confondue !
Thanks so much for share this video, blessings. 💯🎼🎸
The Best of the best.
The best guitar player in the history of rock !
Doesn't get the recognition he should.....his playing on yessongs is epic
Were you around in the 70s? Tons of recognition!! Next someone will say he’s “criminally underrated”. Ugggh
not by fans or media, but he won Guitar Player Magazine "Best Guitarist" Award, 5 years in a row, "77-"81, and Im not sure if any other guitarist ever did that ;- )
@@captainsouth4460 No - but in the conversations these days - ie *_now_* (yes, note the use of the present tense...) - he's not often mentioned. I wish people wouldn't get so triggered by the use of 'underrated' - it's not saying about how *_you_* rate someone but how the listening public do
@@captainsouth4460 He used the present tense!!
True!!
damn. steve howe on a stratocaster with a pedal board. im flummoxed/ thank you steve howe
Wow, some of this I’ve never heard before and is fabulous! Thanks for sharing. I love my favorite guitarist even more now!!!
THE GOAT. In Prog or rock.
this is incredible- Thank you for this
My absolute God as a young aspiring guitar player. Cant stand watching what he and the "band" have become.😥😢
I think our likes get frozen in time because they become part of us. We tend to averse to changes. Same happened to me with Pink Floyd after the release of Dark Side of the Moon back in 73. Was a big Gilmour fan. But that was when I found Yes. With Steve, it's an age thing, you no longer need to prove yourself or seek thumbs up. Also, he has to work with others who have other ideas and aspirations. Steve just plays what he likes and still has fun doing it. I have no problem with that. Even so I also have no desire to listen to new Yes.
Agree, went from the pinnacle to Skeletor.
Multiestilo único. Rara especie de guitarrista, no es el mejor en todo, pero lo toca todo.
La prueba clara es en Yes donde otro grande Trevor Rabin, más metalero le disputó o intentó hacerlo. Cuando Rabin interpreta piezas de Howe, no consigue su precisión y timbre, sin embargo, cuando Howe toca piezas de Rabin, lo hace igual o mejor.
Admirable profesional.
Pezzo magistrale miticoooooooo fantasticooooo Qualè il titolo della prima canzone chi me lo sa dire per favore ???????????
An amazing talent !
Can’t wait to see him once again here in Saratoga
Yeah! Hope it's good.
Yeah! Hope it's good.
Fantástico , o melhor ....
Heroe silencioso
Asombroso, magistral!!!
Ups...huuuge guitarist!!!
You are just me And my brother ..i mean Steve , you r. My brother...im russ and my bro is dave ... You make our family together... But ...not ...your music. That i love , is more yhan brothers
Self-taught ta boot
Took me 18 months hard work to play this well
I pretty much doubt it. with such arrogance, I can't imagine you are anywhere near this level. it requires humbleness and honest dedication... and a talent of 1 in a 10 million.
I could play 'Clap' when I was 14 - Steve Howe didn't write it until he was 22.
@@boomshankah1123 let me see, I am curious! Please show us how you play it today!
Virtuoso? Yes. But his improvisation when playing Yes’s classic pieces often disappointed audiences. It seems sometimes he couldn’t help himself. Perhaps due to repetitive boredom.
I think the fire and raw youthful passion for a widow delivery went away. But it was replaced with refinement and highlighting the basic musical content in a way in which long time Yes fans didn't expect, meaning high expectations often lead to disappointment. I think he just wants to enjoy playing rather than impress. If you look at Yes Union concert, he sat back a bit and didn't try to overpower Trevor Rabin and gave him his space. All is a credit tio Steve, a truly evolved soul, as are all the quintessential Yes members.
I can see where a non-guitarist would have this impression
I think the reality of the situation on the Onion tour Is that it was disastrous for Steve, per his Autobiography. Just look at any of the live footage and you can see how uncomfortable it was for Steve. Sharing the stage with a shredder, Someone who seemed possessed To try to show off on all of the yes classic's. I had no problem with a 90125 stuff, it's good, and it's Rabin.
@@crystal-ice555
@@kerrfoot you have no idea how ironic your reply is.
Yes music is very structured. But played live, it leaves much space for improvising. Sometimes Steve seems to fight against his guitar to find his way (Yours is no Disgrace). Sometimes he's beyond the sky (Yours is no Disgrace again). Anyway, to me he's a genius.
Steve is a great guitar player but you can't talk to him.